OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Denver in a federal discrimination lawsuit by Oklahoma Supreme Court Judge Marian Opala against his fellow judges on the state's highest
Monday, May 8th 2006, 2:46 pm
By: News On 6
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Denver in a federal discrimination lawsuit by Oklahoma Supreme Court Judge Marian Opala against his fellow judges on the state's highest court.
Opala filed the lawsuit in December 2004 over a change in the court's rules that he says kept him from being appointed chief judge.
The 85-year-old Opala says his age is "a significant factor" in the rule change that led to Judge Joseph Watt being named chief judge for a second consecutive term.
A motion by the other judges to dismiss the case was denied and the justices are appealing that ruling to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
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